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Black and White with a Dash of Spice
With Black and White It’s Value That Makes The Quilt Value supplies a sense of texture to a quilt. Value is the relationship of one fabric to another fabric, and one group of fabrics to another in the quilt construction. … Continue reading
New Quilts from an Old Favorite – Editor’s Choice
Annual Contest Recognizes Imagination and Design Excellence Every year since 1994, the year of the Double Wedding Ring contest, the American Quilter’s Museum has presented a traditional pattern as the theme as inspiration to all quilters to help grow their … Continue reading
Posted in CONTESTS, QUILT EXHIBITS
Tagged Contemporary Quilt Art, Inspiration, Quilt Technique, Traditional Quilting
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Beautiful Sudoku and Nine Patch Quilts
Do U Do Su Do Ku? The Sudoku craze has not diminished since it became popular in North America about 5-6 years ago. Not surprisingly, this addictive number puzzle game has generated interest and books for making Sudoku themed quilts. … Continue reading
DMC 340, Pale Violet
DMC 340, Pale Violet a color poem by Michael Beal It’s even hard to find in my bag of colors, this pale violet, snuggled in among the purples and the lavenders and the grays that go toward red and blue. … Continue reading
How do the Amish Have Time to Quilt?
Amish Culture, Beliefs and Traditions Identified in their Quilts The Amish have an expression that all Amish schoolchildren learn from a very young age, the meaning of ‘Joy’. The needs of the individual are given up in order to promote … Continue reading
Fibonacci for Quilters
Quilt Designs Based Fibonacci Spirals The Fibonacci spiral is created by drawing arcs connecting the opposite corners of squares of a Fibonacci tileing, as subsequent squares take a quarter turn. This spiral formation pattern is found throughout the natural world, … Continue reading
Tile Quilt Block Ideas
Tile Quilt Examples and Inspirational Photos As a follow-up to my Feb. 23, 2011 post, Tile Quilt Revival, I intended to show examples of tile quilts depicting the Alhambra in Morrocco. Since then I see that Quilters Newsletter has done … Continue reading
Bento Box Quilts
Bento Boxes and Bento Box Quilts – good for the environment (reuse) and good for your stash (use up) ‘O-bento’ is what the Japanese call a packed meal, usually lunch. Bento boxes have internal dividers, and sometimes several stacked layers, … Continue reading
Squares and Rectangles – the basics of Quilting 101
a side by side comparison of reduced and enlarged views of the art quilts created by Kent Williams Kent’s Website www.rkentwilliams.com Kent Williams is a self taught quilt maker. Like most quilt makers, Kent is enthralled with the simplicity of … Continue reading
Posted in ARTIST PROFILES, FABRIC ART, MISC
Tagged Contemporary Quilt Art, Inspiration, Quilt Technique
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Quilts For Kids in Nepal
oops, an error was made earlier this month in this post. The URL for contacting Quilts For Kids Nepal was incorrect. Support the women of Quilts for kids Nepal at www.quiltsnepal.org